Of course this assumes they actually get the top pick, so far from a guarantee as they can drop as many as 3 spots from their season record rank if the ping pong balls go the wrong way. So let's just make this a general question regarding who goes #1. All season long Okafor had been listed #1 on most mock drafts. Now after his great game Saturday night, Towns has moved to the top at draftexpress.com. Towns is obviously much superior defensively. But he has now closed the gap on Okafor offensively. And it's nice to have a center that can make 80% of his free throws, compared to Okafor who is a huge liability (50%). I think it would drive me nuts if Okafor is on the Knicks for the next 10 years and never improves from the 50%. But regardless, the best thing about this is that the Knicks don't need to win the lottery to get a stud center. Just get a top-2 pick and they can get one of them (but personally I prefer Towns if given the choice). I think you need to build the franchise around a center (like they did with Ewing), so I consider it a big dropoff to Mudiay/Russell at 3/4, even though they will probably both be very good NBA players.
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